College football countdown | No. 62: Tennessee

11:17 AM,
Jul. 6, 2013

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Written by

Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY Sports

USA TODAY Sports' Paul Myerberg counts down to the start of the college football season team by team from No. 125 to No. 1
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Tennessee was a few first downs, a third-down conversion, a fourth-down stop, a two-point conversion and an errant pass away from reaching bowl eligibility last fall, the program's third year under ex-coach Derek Dooley. These missteps - a few of many on the year - all came in the second half against Missouri, a game the Volunteers gave away on the second Saturday of November.

Let's say UT wins that game, doing one or two of the above to move to 5-5 with two games to play. Perhaps ...